Last week we were delighted to share in celebration of Prof Sir Tony Cheetham’s remarkable career at the ”Frontiers of Materials Science” symposium in Cambridge, marking his 80th birthday.
Simon Redfern
@sim0nredfern.bsky.social
Geoscientist, Dean of the College of Science at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore husband, father, brother 叫我老红
Call for abstracts: AGU2026 session B007, Advances in Soil Carbon Sequestration: Processes, Management, & Scalable Storage. Organic & inorganic soil carbon, biochar, cover cropping, enhanced weathering, modelling and MRV. Field to AI. Come and join us. agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...
Advances in Soil Carbon Sequestration: Processes, Management, and Scalable Storage
Soils show promising potential for carbon sequestration, with the capacity to store carbon in both organic (SOC) and inorganic (SIC) forms over extended timescales. Approaches including biochar additi...
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New paper! - how atoms rearrange inside crystal structure of spinel (MgAl₂O₄) at high temperature. Tiny movements show how crystals dissipate mechanical energy, improving understanding of Earth’s minerals and advanced ceramics. doi.org/10.1088/1361... #MineralPhysics #MaterialsScience #Geoscience
Anelasticity in MgAl2O4 spinel due to cation order-disorder
Anelasticity in MgAl2O4 spinel due to cation order-disorder, Redfern, Simon, Walsh, Joanna
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Our latest work in GCA explores water interacting with diopside surfaces at atomic level by first-principles simulations—an step toward understanding weathering processes and carbon sequestration. great collaboration with Ma Shang #Geoscience #Geochemistry www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
⚒️ #AllMineralsConsidered: @sim0nredfern.bsky.social explains how the structure of perovskite underpins materials from as deep as 2,900 kilometres in the Earth to those fundamental to modern technology www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Perovskite’s structural dynasty - Nature Geoscience
The structure of perovskite underpins materials from as deep as 2,900 kilometres in the Earth to those fundamental to modern technology, as Simon Redfern explains.
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The "missing lead paradox" has been like having a history book with crucial pages torn out – we know something important is missing from our understanding of how Earth evolved. In our new paper in Nature Communications, we propose a mineral-physics solution. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hidden pressure-stabilized lead reservoirs in Earth’s mantle - Nature Communications
High-pressure Pb-S phases stable in Earth’s lower mantle provide a mechanism for long-term sequestration and episodic remobilization of lead, offering a plausible explanation for the missing lead para...
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Our latest research shows how calcium-based CO₂ sorbents degrade over time - crucial for scaling up carbon capture technology. We found the sintering mechanisms limiting sorbent lifetime in calcium looping systems, paving the way for more durable materials. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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A good week at #AGU2024 with many from our Earth Materials group at #ASE_NTU #NTU_Singapore presenting.
Visiting SWU Chongqing to plan ways to reduce atmospheric CO2 using enhanced rock weathering
